A blog network is all well and good, but how will your users find each other? How will they talk to each other? Building a sense of community is essential if you want your site to succeed. Even corporate blog networks can benefit from community-like features. For example, your users could set up groups for…
There are about 2,400 species of snakes in the world. They live almost everywhere, in deserts, forests, oceans, streams, and lakes. Some are ground dwellers, others live in trees, and other snakes spend most of their lives in water. There are a few areas where snakes do not live. They cannot survive in places where…
The WordPress team has developed an iPhone app for WordPress that lets you write posts, upload photos, edit pages, and manage comments on your blog from your iPhone or iPod Touch. With support for both WordPress.com and self-hosted WordPress 2.7 or higher, WordPress bloggers can access and manage their blogs on the go. Since I…
Developing WordPress Plugins is not always an easy job. It brings a number of challenges that you will need to overcome. WordPress uses PHP and provides an API with its own functions. The API has grown over time, and now covers all possible methods of communication between WordPress and the plugin. Before we get started,…
Most of you that frequently updates your self-hosted WordPress site should be well aware of the new version, 2.8.5 now available. As with all incremental security releases, it is recommended that you upgrade as soon as possible. What I consider an incremental upgrade is when it goes something like from 2.8.4 to 2.8.5. This kind…
Using the correct discussion settings on your WordPress site can help you reduce spam. You can also keep inappropriate words or sites from appearing on your posts comments section. Comment spam can become a nuisance as your WordPress sites get more popular. If your WordPress sites are on a do follow list of blogs then…
